Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/tuskjas

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós (“empty”), from *tews- (“to be empty”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *tušĉyás (whence Vedic Sanskrit तुच्छ्य (tucchyá), Persian ‎ (tohi)).

Adjective

*tuskjas [1][2]

empty

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Latvian: tukšs
Lithuanian: tùščias
Slavic: *tъščь (see there for further descendants)
→ Finnic: *tühjä (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tъ̀ščь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502: “*tusk(t)ios”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “tuščias”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475: “*tuṣktios”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tъ̀ščь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502: “*tusk(t)ios”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “tuščias”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 475: “*tuṣktios”